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1959-60 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

Champ:?Boston Celtics
MVP:?Wilt Chamberlain
Rookie of the Year:?Wilt Chamberlain

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Eastern
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Boston Celtics 59 16 .787 0 9337 8715 25 2 23 9 .0 .0 .0
Philadelphia Warriors 49 26 .653 10 8895 8730 22 6 12 19 .0 .0 .0
Syracuse Nationals 45 30 .600 14 8917 8730 26 4 11 19 .0 .0 .0
New York Knicks 27 48 .360 32 8800 8970 13 18 9 19 .0 .0 .0
Western
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
St. Louis Hawks 46 29 .613 0 8506 8303 28 5 12 20 .0 .0 .0
Detroit Pistons 30 45 .400 16 8367 8625 17 14 6 21 .0 .0 .0
Minneapolis Lakers 25 50 .333 21 8045 8355 9 13 9 22 .0 .0 .0
Cincinnati Royals 19 56 .253 27 8333 8805 9 22 2 20 .0 .0 .0

Offense

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Team OEFF PPG Pts FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF PACE
BOS 0.0 124.5 9337 3744 8971 .417 1849 2519 .734 0 0 .000 0 6014 80.2 1849 24.7 0 0 0 1856 0.0
SYR 0.0 118.9 8917 3406 8232 .414 2105 2662 .791 0 0 .000 0 5406 72.1 1676 22.3 0 0 0 1939 0.0
PH1 0.0 118.6 8895 3549 8678 .409 1797 2686 .669 0 0 .000 0 5916 78.9 1796 23.9 0 0 0 1715 0.0
NYK 0.0 117.3 8800 3429 8153 .421 1942 2539 .765 0 0 .000 0 5251 70.0 1667 22.2 0 0 0 1940 0.0
STL 0.0 113.4 8506 3179 7580 .419 2148 2885 .745 0 0 .000 0 5343 71.2 1881 25.1 0 0 0 1995 0.0
DET 0.0 111.6 8367 3146 7920 .397 2075 2847 .729 0 0 .000 0 5491 73.2 1472 19.6 0 0 0 1983 0.0
CIN 0.0 111.1 8333 3210 7786 .412 1913 2672 .716 0 0 .000 0 5251 70.0 1747 23.3 0 0 0 2097 0.0
MIE 0.0 107.3 8045 3040 7884 .386 1965 2691 .730 0 0 .000 0 5432 72.4 1444 19.3 0 0 0 1813 0.0

Defense

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Team DEFF PPG Pts FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF
STL 0.0 110.7 8303 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
MIE 0.0 111.4 8355 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
DET 0.0 115.0 8625 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BOS 0.0 116.2 8715 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
PH1 0.0 116.4 8730 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SYR 0.0 116.4 8730 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
CIN 0.0 117.4 8805 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NYK 0.0 119.6 8970 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

League Leaders

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Minutes
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 3338
Gene Shue - DET 3338
3. Bill Russell - BOS 3146
4. Jack Twyman - CIN 3023
5. Bob Pettit - STL 2896
6. Elgin Baylor - MIE 2873
7. Tom Gola - PH1 2870
8. Cliff Hagan - STL 2798
9. Dolph Schayes - SYR 2741
10. Paul Arizin - PH1 2618
Total Points
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 2707
2. Jack Twyman - CIN 2338
3. Elgin Baylor - MIE 2074
4. Bob Pettit - STL 1882
5. Cliff Hagan - STL 1859
6. Gene Shue - DET 1712
7. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1689
8. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 1629
9. Richie Guerin - NYK 1615
10. Paul Arizin - PH1 1606
Points per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 37.6
2. Jack Twyman - CIN 31.2
3. Elgin Baylor - MIE 29.6
4. Bob Pettit - STL 26.1
5. Cliff Hagan - STL 24.8
6. Gene Shue - DET 22.8
7. Dolph Schayes - SYR 22.5
8. Paul Arizin - PH1 22.3
9. Richie Guerin - NYK 21.8
10. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 21.7
Field Goals
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1065
2. Jack Twyman - CIN 870
3. Elgin Baylor - MIE 755
4. Cliff Hagan - STL 719
5. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 673
6. Bob Pettit - STL 669
7. Gene Shue - DET 620
8. Paul Arizin - PH1 593
9. Richie Guerin - NYK 579
10. Dolph Schayes - SYR 578
Field Goal Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 2311
2. Jack Twyman - CIN 2063
3. Elgin Baylor - MIE 1781
4. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 1590
5. Cliff Hagan - STL 1549
6. Bob Pettit - STL 1526
7. Gene Shue - DET 1501
8. Bob Cousy - BOS 1481
9. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1440
10. Paul Arizin - PH1 1400
Field Goal Percentage
1. Ken Sears - NYK 0.477
2. Hal Greer - SYR 0.476
3. Clyde Lovellette - STL 0.468
4. Bill Russell - BOS 0.467
5. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.464
6. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 0.461
7. Bailey Howell - DET 0.456
Bill Sharman - BOS 0.456
9. Sam Jones - BOS 0.454
10. Larry Costello - SYR 0.453
George Yardley - SYR 0.453
Free Throws
1. Jack Twyman - CIN 598
2. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 577
3. Elgin Baylor - MIE 564
4. Bob Pettit - STL 544
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 533
6. Gene Shue - DET 472
7. Richie Guerin - NYK 457
8. Cliff Hagan - STL 421
9. Paul Arizin - PH1 420
10. George Yardley - SYR 381
Free Throw Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 991
2. Elgin Baylor - MIE 770
3. Jack Twyman - CIN 762
4. Bob Pettit - STL 722
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 597
6. Richie Guerin - NYK 591
7. Gene Shue - DET 541
8. Paul Arizin - PH1 526
9. Cliff Hagan - STL 524
10. Walter Dukes - DET 508
Free Throw Percentage
1. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.893
2. Gene Shue - DET 0.872
3. Ken Sears - NYK 0.868
4. Bill Sharman - BOS 0.866
5. Larry Costello - SYR 0.862
6. Willie Naulls - NYK 0.836
7. Clyde Lovellette - STL 0.821
8. George Yardley - SYR 0.816
9. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.803
10. Paul Arizin - PH1 0.798
Total Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1941
2. Bill Russell - BOS 1778
3. Bob Pettit - STL 1221
4. Elgin Baylor - MIE 1150
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 959
6. Willie Naulls - NYK 921
7. Johnny Kerr - SYR 913
8. Walter Dukes - DET 883
9. Ken Sears - NYK 876
10. Cliff Hagan - STL 803
Rebounds per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 27.0
2. Bill Russell - BOS 24.0
3. Bob Pettit - STL 17.0
4. Elgin Baylor - MIE 16.4
5. Willie Naulls - NYK 14.2
6. Ken Sears - NYK 13.7
7. Walter Dukes - DET 13.4
8. Dolph Schayes - SYR 12.8
9. Johnny Kerr - SYR 12.2
10. Cliff Hagan - STL 10.7
Assists
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 715
2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 482
3. Richie Guerin - NYK 468
4. Larry Costello - SYR 449
5. Tom Gola - PH1 409
6. Dick Mcguire - DET 358
7. Rod Hundley - MIE 338
8. Slater Martin - STL 330
9. Johnny Mccarthy - STL 328
10. Cliff Hagan - STL 299
Assists per Game
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 9.5
2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 7.1
3. Larry Costello - SYR 6.3
Richie Guerin - NYK 6.3
5. Tom Gola - PH1 5.5
6. Dick Mcguire - DET 5.3
7. Slater Martin - STL 5.2
8. Rod Hundley - MIE 4.6
9. Johnny Mccarthy - STL 4.4
10. Cliff Hagan - STL 4.0
Personal Fouls
1. Tom Gola - PH1 311
2. Walter Dukes - DET 310
3. Bailey Howell - DET 282
4. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 275
Jack Twyman - CIN 275
6. Gene Conley - BOS 270
Cliff Hagan - STL 270
8. Paul Arizin - PH1 263
Dolph Schayes - SYR 263
10. Charlie Tyra - NYK 258

All-Stars

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East West
Paul Arizin
Wilt Chamberlain
Larry Costello
Bob Cousy
Tom Gola
Richie Guerin
Willie Naulls
Bill Russell
Dolph Schayes
Bill Sharman
George Yardley
 Elgin Baylor
Walter Dukes
Dick Garmaker
Cliff Hagan
Ron Hundley
Clyde Lovellette
Chuck Noble
Bob Pettit
Gene Shue
Jack Twyman

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Elgin Baylor - MIE
Wilt Chamberlain - PH1
Bob Cousy - BOS
Bob Pettit - STL
Gene Shue - DET

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